Many of us associate April with taxes. We should also associate it with IRAs, for April is the month with the deadlines for IRA contributions and mandatory IRA withdrawals. The deadline for your 2011 IRA contribution is April 17, 2012. Yes, April 17. This year, April 15 is a Sunday and April 16 falls on a holiday in the District of Columbia (Emancipation Day). So you get a little extra time to make your 2011[…]

PRICES RISE MOST IN TEN MONTHS Consumer prices were up 0.4% in February according to the Commerce Department, yet core inflation rose only 0.1%. A 6% jump in gasoline prices represented 80% of